Easy Google Profit SCAM

[gregw2]

I am reopening a thread for Easy Google Profit because there are literally thousands of individuals worldwide that are continuing to be ripped of by this program and others that are nearly identical but with variations on the name.
Please refrain from exhaustive and excessive posting of individual affiliates, because this will only cause this thread to be removed.
Please post solutions for the individuals who have been ripped off and also advice for getting their monies back.

[gregw2]

Fast Easy Cash is another one of these scams that is making inroads into the wallets and credit card accounts of unsuspecting web searchers.
It is the same pill with a different name.

[ukscambuster]

Another version is called Google Money Master aka Google Revolution.

There is a good description and investigation of it on this blog:

Google Revolution, Different Name, Same Scam!
http://strangelyperfect.tv/4308/goog...ame-same-scam/


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[X-Hulk]

One of the scammy “Easy Google Profit” products was put together as an attempt to each people how to do Adsense Arbitrage:: that is, buying traffic from Google Adwords and then sending it to a page where the user is persuaded to click a Google Adsense ad. This practice is banned in Google’s Terms of Service and isn’t as easy to pull off as it was 1-2 years ago.

[gregw2]

Re: Easy Google Profit

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That's great, thanks. The old thread can still be viewed via Googles cache:

page 1:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a
page 2:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

Can't find page 3 though. Still not sure why scam.com deleted it

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Thank you, ukscambuster for the links.
At least some of the valuable information that was already available for viewers can still be accessed and utilized.

AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY! For those that celebrate.

[gregw2]

Here is a list of fake blog sites promoting these scams:http://wafflesatnoon.com/2009/01/10/scam-alert-website-list/

[OneQuestion]

The thing that makes me sick is that this scam is being run by the same 4 people that started the money tree and treasure chest scams!
Need proof?
The owner of Easy Google Profits (aka Google Treasure Chest and Google Money Tree) has been identified as Infusion Media Inc, GoogleTreasureChest.com, InternetIncomeInitiative.com, and Jonathan D. Eborn, by the Texas Attorney General.

They got a little better at creating websites though. This one can fool you at first...
http://www.losangeles-tribune.com/finance/

Oh, and this one too....
http://miamigazettenews.com/business/2009/main.php

Notice on the bottom of the page it says Comments Closed Due To Abusive Spam (back soon). All comments are obviously fake. If there ever was the ability to post comments, I'm sure they all said SCAM!!!!!!!!

And this scam tricks you into signing up for 2 additional programs for, of course, a monthly fee each!! CRIMINALS!!!!

And to anyone that has been scammed by these con artists, DO NOT waste your time trying to cancel with google profit, treasure chest or money tree themselves. They DO NOT have a cancellation option AT ALL. I realize they claim to have a money back guarantee, but it is a LIE. They will give you a bogus cancellation number and continue charging your bank every single month. Remember, they are low life criminals. You must treat them as such. Contact your bank, inform them that the charges are unauthorized or fraudulent.

Paid with a debit card?
CANCEL IT NOW

DO NOT hesitate! The longer you wait to take action, the more money the criminals can steal and the harder it may be to correct the problem.

[gregw2]

I want to thank all of you for the excellent posts.
I tried to include a copy of the check that is widely displayed by these scam sites. Some change the name but they are all too lazy to change the check numbers.
I was unable to save the copy to this post.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by OneQuestion

And to anyone that has been scammed by these con artists, DO NOT waste your time trying to cancel with google profit, treasure chest or money tree themselves. They DO NOT have a cancellation option AT ALL. I realize they claim to have a money back guarantee, but it is a LIE. They will give you a bogus cancellation number and continue charging your bank every single month. Remember, they are low life criminals. You must treat them as such. Contact your bank, inform them that the charges are unauthorized or fraudulent.

Paid with a debit card?
CANCEL IT NOW

DO NOT hesitate! The longer you wait to take action, the more money the criminals can steal and the harder it may be to correct the problem.

Solid advice.

I have to reiterate that some of the newer sites are now placing claims in their terms and conditions that state "if you initiate a charge back or try to get a refund that your billing will be turned over to a third party collection agency."
Whatever you do, please do not let these a**h*les intimidate you and believe this tripe.
This is all a fake and they have no legal grounds to pursue.
They are the criminals and scammers, not you.
Just cancel your card and demand a charge back for any billing that you received.
DEMAND a charge back!

[ukscambuster]

Originally Posted by OneQuestion

They got a little better at creating websites though. This one can fool you at first...
http://www.losangeles-tribune.com/finance/

Oh, and this one too....
http://miamigazettenews.com/business/2009/main.php

There are many of these fake news sites promoting the Easy Google Profit scam and other similar scams. Quite a few of them are listed here: http://electronplumber.com/the-los-a...une-news-scam/ (in the comments).

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[jabbachi]

Now there are even fake newspaper websites being created to promote this thing.

[Demo41357]

Does anyone else find it ironic that we are in a way promoting this thing? Because we talk about it so much, the Google adsense on this site is advertising this particular scam more than legitimate ads! This one is getting out of hand folks

[tcraftplt]

Maybe, but thanks to this thread and my credit card company they will not get a dime from me. The website they use is to promote this is actually pretty good.
Good job guys and gals you saved my butt.

[SilvesterK]

Yes, guys, I too have heard about it, Thanks for the alert..... Always, we have to be alert to not to be teased and waste our time....

[tony83]

yea, pretty much all the google kits and trials are scams. The only way to make money with google is by using Google Adsense and Google Adwords.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by gregw2

Re: Easy Google Profit

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That's great, thanks. The old thread can still be viewed via Googles cache:

page 1:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a
page 2:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

Can't find page 3 though. Still not sure why scam.com deleted it

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These threads are no longer valid.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by Demo41357

Does anyone else find it ironic that we are in a way promoting this thing? Because we talk about it so much, the Google adsense on this site is advertising this particular scam more than legitimate ads! This one is getting out of hand folks

I stopped complaining about that because it does no good. It is up to us to help those that we can by keeping people posted and aware of the new sites as they appear.
I have had many people personally thank me for helping them before and after they signed up for one of these scams.
So, it is definitely worth my time to keep this up as long as scam.com allows me to.

[OneQuestion]

Originally Posted by gregw2

So, it is definitely worth my time to keep this up as long as scam.com allows me to.

I am unable to view the cached pages of the deleted forum. Was curious, was there a lot of attatchments being posted? Such as multiple links to the same website, or perhaps, information posted that may have violated a copyright law or two? Reason I ask is because that may be the reason for the forum being removed. Of course we can not escape the fact that scam.com has the right to remove any information posted for any reason at all.

maybe the mormons did it

**When we sense and move with the ****** that is manifesting throughout the universe we find that we have a greater ability to live a life that is healthy and fulfilling.**

[myglobalresults]

It would probably be helpful to those who do not know what this is about from those that have purchased this.

Why is it a scam?

[OneQuestion]

Originally Posted by myglobalresults

It would probably be helpful to those who do not know what this is about from those that have purchased this.

Why is it a scam?

Easy Google Profit, Google Money Tree, Google Treasure Chest, are all classified as scams because of their business practices.
They first claim in their ads that all you have to pay for is shipping. They hide their terms and conditions and use deceptive methods to distract a customer from the fact that you are actually signing up for a membership with monthly fees.
That I believe, is false advertisement. They claim to send customers who pay the shipping charge a cd containing all the information you need to earn X amount of money a week. (usually $3500-$5000)
A very small percentage of people actually received the disk. And from what they found on the disk, it was nothing more than generic information that you can learn on your own for free.
A trojan virus was also found on the cd's. The virus seems to search for contact info on the users computer. (E-mail contacts for the most part) They could then sell those addresses to spammers and if the contacts had phone numbers listed with them, they could possibly use that info in the same way.
Aside from all of that, they claim to have a 30 day money back guarantee. That has been proven to be a lie. As for Google Money Tree, the ONLY way to get a refund was to contact a user here at this forum. The customer service line was bogus. Yea people answered the phones and even gave out bogus cancellation numbers, but money tree had no intentions on providing refunds.
Instead, they send a "rep" to this forum (which happens to discuss their scam) and have him hurl insults and worthless threats at anyone that caught on to the scam. Check out pages 1-3 of this forum. They will give you a real good idea of the mentality of these criminals.

Basically, they never had a valid product to sell, they used deception and outright lies to steal money from people that happen to still have faith in others.
Check back here often. There is a regular user here that managed to receive the cd. He will be able to post more details about the contents of the disk.

[silver93350]

Yeah I would have to agree that almost everything I have ran across for Google Adwords in a scam. Most of these scams sign you up for a 7-14 day trial and then if you don't cancel you will be billed.

The only thing I can think of that is not a scam is maybe an eBook on how to use it effectively. I think beating Adwords is a good book, but not a scam.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by OneQuestion

I am unable to view the cached pages of the deleted forum. Was curious, was there a lot of attachments being posted? Such as multiple links to the same website, or perhaps, information posted that may have violated a copyright law or two? Reason I ask is because that may be the reason for the forum being removed. Of course we can not escape the fact that scam.com has the right to remove any information posted for any reason at all.

maybe the mormons did it

**When we sense and move with the ****** that is manifesting throughout the universe we find that we have a greater ability to live a life that is healthy and fulfilling.**

I think that it may have been do to a link that revealed some of the copyrighted information that was on the disk, someone, posted.
I will not put a link to that ever again, or ever copy and print out examples of the garbage that they are sending out to people. I promise.
The printed text is small and poorly presented. Most of the information is old and outdated and can be found easily on the internet and in better format.
Basically, it is like me writing an ebook on electricity, something that I know very little about, by gathering all of the information from places on the internet and old reference manuals, and then putting it onto a CD as original work.
Next, giving it away for shipping costs in hopes that no one notices that they are actually signing up for a membership to my Expert Electrician's website where they can learn more of the same stuff that I gather for free from other sites and only charge them 71.00$ US, or more for, each and every month. And then give or sell their information to other people for even more monthly charges and money in my pocket.

[morkelkey]

Hello....
Easy Google profit is not scam but some people has made using as way of earning money that without making any inquiry....

[ukscambuster]

Originally Posted by morkelkey

Hello....
Easy Google profit is not scam but some people has made using as way of earning money that without making any inquiry....

Er, what are you on about mate? Did you not read the posts above!?

It is a scam because the ongoing monthly charges are buried in the terms and conditions on a seperate page (which is illegal under FTC regulations) and not mentioned at all on the sign-up page or payment page. Even if you do find out about the monthly rebilling before you order - you only have 7 days "free trial" from when you order - so the charges often begin before you even receive anything. The info they send (if they even send it) is just a bunch of worthless outdated ebooks. Cancelling is apperently almost impossible - you get put on hold for hours, hung-up on or just get an answering machine. Even if/when you do get through and cancel they charges - you often still get charged again anyway. You also get signed up for a bunch of other stuff and have to try and cancel those too. (As said above - don't waste your time and money - get your bank to do a chargeback on all unauthorised charges)

eg: "I was charged a total of $203.00 from my bank account. It was from Google Treasure Chest, A1 Member, Safelock ID, and Grants Master. All I did was purchased a CD for $1.97 which was paid toward shipping and handling. And a couple of weeks later I was charged $72.21 twice. Safelock ID charged me $38.84, A1 Member charged me $24.87, and Grants Master charged me $24.87. "
Source of quote here.

Not to mention that these offers/kits are promoted by affiliates of the CPA networks via fake blogs (made up story, stock photos, fake comments/testimonials), maxmind ip locater script to place the person who wrote the blog in your location, photoshopped fake cheques/checks etc, etc. Some CPA affiliates also promote these offers by spamming Cr@igs list users and Yahoo Answers as well as other so called "black hat" methods. So morkelkey, in light of the above please explain how it is "not a scam"?!

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[gregw2]

Originally Posted by ukscambuster

Er, what are you on about mate? Did you not read the posts above!?

It is a scam because the ongoing monthly charges are buried in the terms and conditions on a seperate page (which is illegal under FTC regulations) and not mentioned at all on the sign-up page or payment page. So morkelkey, in light of the above please explain how it is "not a scam"?!

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Thanks for explaining but I think that this person, morkelkey, is a spammer and or a bot. I checked his other two comments out and it seems that his only purpose is to advertise his affiliate signature link. His comments are trite and shallow without any real substance.

[OneQuestion]

I am leaning towards the bot concept. All three posts were made exactly 4 minutes apart, and as gregw2 stated, the posts do not really amount to anything. Almost confusing. A bot or poor english.

Thank you gregw2 for clearifying the reason for the closure. That would definitely get a thread pulled! I guess we have lucked out on the money tree thread as far as copyrighted material being posted.

[katie-uk]

This is infuriating!!!

I (like a lot of people on here) saw the name 'Google' and having just been made redundant thought why not try to earn myself some money online, as i'm pretty good with computers etc. So i input my visa details and £1.19 (1.87USD) was immediately taken from my account.
However as previously mentioned i'm also not hugely passionate about any one subject enough to start my own blog; so i cancelled 2 days into the initial 7-day trial by emailing- support@googlerevolution.com. I had to send the identical email 3 times before i got a reply simply saying: Hi, Your order ID **** has been cancelled.

Now this was back at the start of June, and as i'd received notice of my cancellation i thought that was that.

HOW WRONG COULD I BE!!!!

I was checking my online bank account just now, and yesterday £23.02 (37.63USD) was taken in the name of 'clicksellgo'. I had no idea who this company was and how the hell they'd managed to get access to my visa details- until i searched on (ironically) Google and found that both companies are linked.

So 20 days after the initial charge from 'Google Revolution was withdrawn, i now have an unauthorised charge of £23.02 and i'm at a loss about what to do.
I have emailed the customer service team at 'ClickSellGo' and hopefully will get a response, but i guess the next step is to cancel my visa card- how annoying!!

I will update with the developments of this mess.

[OneQuestion]

Originally Posted by katie-uk

This is infuriating!!!

Yes! By all means cancel your card and better yet, have your bank issue a chargeback. As posted on the google money tree forum:

Originally Posted by ukscambuster

You would probably be better off contacting your bank and doing a chargeback on the unauthorized transactions.
Scammers hate chargebacks because it gets their merchant account (payment processing service) red flagged and it costs them money over and above the cost of the refund. If enough people do chargebacks then the scammer gets their merchant account closed down and that stops them scamming until they open up a new one. So it's win, win - you get a refund and it costs the scammers money! ;)

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[nmeador]

also be careful with TWITTER PROFITS....another scam.

with the google profits, make sure you have closed your google profits account as well as any other ones that you may have unknowingly signed up for. the most helpful # I found is 8667330577

[El Plumber]

We had a credit card expert recommend that you don't call and attempt to cancel Easy Google Profit or any of these other bogus programs.

If you call, they can put you on hold, then can use their phone records as their defense of any chargeback dispute. Basically that you called them for more than 10 minutes and the charge is a phone consultation fee and is a legit charge.

He recommended that you report the card stolen or cancel it rather than call to cancel, then dispute the charges. He also recommended contacting a fraud attorney about starting or joining a civil class action dispute against them. Note, I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV.

You can check it out here: Easy Google Profit Scam

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by El Plumber

We had a credit card expert recommend that you don't call and attempt to cancel Easy Google Profit or any of these other bogus programs.

If you call, they can put you on hold, then can use their phone records as their defense of any chargeback dispute. Basically that you called them for more than 10 minutes and the charge is a phone consultation fee and is a legit charge.

He recommended that you report the card stolen or cancel it rather than call to cancel, then dispute the charges. He also recommended contacting a fraud attorney about starting or joining a civil class action dispute against them. Note, I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV.

You can check it out here: Easy Google Profit Scam

Excellent information! This is a new one for me. I had not heard about this before now.
I hope that many people receive this information.
In fact this is the impetus, the thread that is pushing me to creating a new website.
There are so many scam buster sites already, but none of them are enough, or as revealing as scam.com, enough said.

[gregw2]

I just want to thank everyone for their ongoing involvement in helping the scam victims and anyone that searches for information about products online that are new and too good to be true.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by OneQuestion

I am leaning towards the bot concept. All three posts were made exactly 4 minutes apart, and as gregw2 stated, the posts do not really amount to anything. Almost confusing. A bot or poor English.

Thank you gregw2 for clarifying the reason for the closure. That would definitely get a thread pulled! I guess we have lucked out on the money tree thread as far as copyrighted material being posted.

Thanks for the support. You are probably correct. It was a post to a web-page that showed all of the copyrighted information, in detail.

[ukscambuster]

This photo used in the testimonial is from a stock photo website:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-pho...n-the-park.php

Here it is used with a testimonial which says "I get paid while mowing the lawn. I get paid while cleaning the garage. No matter what I'm doing... I keep getting paid!" Erik D
https://www.yoursearchprofits.com/05...itid=664643924

But here the person giving that testimonial has a completely different name and photo! :
"I get paid while mowing the lawn. I get paid while cleaning the garage. No matter what I'm doing... I keep getting paid!" Andrew L
https://goolg7e.secureordersmanager....filiateid=CD1_

Go to another of the "Google Kit" scam sites and the testimonial is attributed to yet another name and photo:
"I get paid while mowing the lawn. I get paid while cleaning the garage. No matter what I'm doing... I keep getting paid!" Kyle G
https://secure3.s3curehost.com/gonb/...6821caadf8ecb8

However, the original quote was stolen from the Washington Post:
http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/...y-of-andrew-c/

By the way - not just scam but spam - and lot's of it.
yoursearchprofits.com
"After entering our e-mail address on this site, we received 154 e-mails per week. They were very spammy."
http://www.siteadvisor.be/sites/your...stid?p=1806154

[meghna]

I stopped complaining about that because it does no good. It is up to us to help those that we can by keeping people posted and aware of the new sites as they appear.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by meghna

I stopped complaining about that because it does no good. It is up to us to help those that we can by keeping people posted and aware of the new sites as they appear.

I have been getting email ads for Twitter Cash Kit lately and it is another site that has been created by the people out of Provo Utah. There are already complaints being lodged about this program on various websites.
It has a recurring monthly charge of $49.95.
Name: Prosper Inc
Phone: (800) 748-5199
Fax: (801) 437-5927
Address: 5072 North 300 West
Provo, UT 84604-5652
They also use a CO address but good luck in any cancellation
attempt or refund from them.
You may cancel your use of the Services and/or terminate this
Agreement with or without cause at any time by providing
notice at http://www.prosperuniversity.com/contact.html, or
by contacting Prosper University at 1-888-783-7260 or via
mail at 1560 Broadway Ste. 2090 Denver, CO 80202.
Good Luck with that!

[ukscambuster]

Originally Posted by gregw2

Name: Prosper Inc
Phone: (800) 748-5199

Are they connected with Thrive?
http://www.work-at-home-forum.com/14_8845_8.html

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by ukscambuster

Are they connected with Thrive?
http://www.work-at-home-forum.com/14_8845_8.html

BBB Accreditation
This business is not a BBB Accredited Business.

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BBB Rating for Prosper Inc Based on BBB files, Prosper Inc has a BBB Rating of A. Click here for an explanation of BBB Ratings

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Business Contact and Profile for Prosper Inc
Name:	Prosper Inc
Phone:	(800) 748-5199
Fax:	(801) 437-5927
Address:	5072 North 300 West
	Provo, UT 84604-5652
Website:	www.prospering.com
	www.thesuccessnetwork.com
	www.prospercorp.com
	www.prosperlearning.com
Original Business Start Date:	June 1999
Principal:	Mr. Ethan Willis, Owner/CEO
Customer Contact:	Mr. Steven Gross, Student Relations Manager
Entity:	Corporation
Incorporated:	June 2004, UT
TOB Classification:	Business Coaching Companies, Business Consultants, Internet Service Providers, Real Estate Companies, Training Program Companies
BBB Accreditation:	Prosper Inc is not a BBB Accredited business.
Additional DBA Names:	Education Success, Inc The Success Network Private Mentoring Group Inc Prosper Learning

I am not sure.
But they are behind the Twitter cash kit.
Here is an old link from Rip-off Report about Prosper http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/...Off0134125.htm
Here a more current link:http://ripoffreport.com/reports/0/462/RipOff0462977.htm

The Twitter Cash Kit is definitely a con job and is coming from this corporation.

[gregw2]

I have since found this site: http://www.gopetition.com/online/27433/sign.html

There is an active thread on scam.com about Prosper. http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=3433&page=3

Here is a link to the Twitter Cash Kit:http://www.twittercashkit.com/
This is not an affiliate link. They only ask for $3.88 and if you try to leave they offer the kit for .97 cents. But be warned that you are really giving out your credit card information and that you will be charged much more, and probably before you even receive the kit in the mail.

Here is a link that contains Prosper, Thrive, The Summit Group, Mentoring of America, and Storesonline. http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/artic...-question.html
This link is posted on scam.com already. Re: Prosper Learning Inc.???

[ukscambuster]

Originally Posted by gregw2

Here is a link that contains Prosper, Thrive, The Summit Group, Mentoring of America, and Storesonline. http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/artic...-question.html
This link is posted on scam.com already. Re: Prosper Learning Inc.???

Wow, interesting article!

Mentoring of America was one of the companies listed by the FTC in their recent crackdown on scammers (Operation Short Change):

"John Beck/Mentoring of America, two principals, and three purported “inventors” marketed three get-rich-quick schemes, duping hundreds of thousands of consumers into paying approximately $300 million. The defendants marketed “John Beck’s Free & Clear Real Estate System,” “John Alexander’s Real Estate Riches in 14 Days,” and “Jeff Paul’s Shortcuts to Internet Millions.” The defendants allegedly made false and unsubstantiated claims about potential earnings for users of these systems. They used frequently aired infomercials to sell the systems for $39.95 and then contacted the purchasers via telemarketing to offer “personal coaching services,” which cost several thousand dollars and purportedly would enhance their ability to earn money quickly and easily using the systems. In addition, all purchasers were signed up for continuity programs that cost an additional $39.95 per month, but which were not adequately disclosed to consumers. Some consumers also continued receiving unwanted sales calls after they told the defendants’ telemarketers to stop calling. This case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California."
Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-1893-News-...y-making-scams


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[OneQuestion]

This type of post has been made before, to an extent, but I feel it is worth repeating.

ANY "product" that contains the name of an existing company (IE: Google, Twitter, and soon to come Bing) along with the words Cash or Kit, is more than likely a scam. Even if they actually do send customers their "product", 99.98% of the time the information contained can be learned for free. To me, that is a scam. Not to mention the rediculous, overpriced "membership fee" that actually gets you NO added benifit.

If you or anyone you know has put their faith in ANY of these products, DO NOT waste your time by trying to cancel via their 800 number or their website. They are diversion tactics intended to mislead you so they can continue to steal money. It has been proven time and time again that the ONLY way to stop all charges and to get your money refunded is to contact your bank, notify them of the unauthorized charges and have them issue a chargeback. (They hate that!) ukscambuster, feel free to elaborate as to why if you wish
If you paid using a debit card CANCEL IT. It may be more difficult to get your money returned from a debit card purchase but cancelling the card will stop these criminals from continuing to remove money from your account. And they WILL CONTINUE until stopped.
As gregw2 mentioned, DO NOT let these "companies" intimidate you! I don't care if they threaten with lawsuits, laugh at them. They have NO legal grounds to stand upon.

A far as companies offering worthless services, avoid ALL free credit report companies! (Escpecially from television) You, as a United States Citizen are entitled to a credit report for FREE from the government itself.
ANY company claiming to give you access to any government grants, is a scam! There are grants available, but qualifying for them is a whole other issue. Also, BE EXTREMELY AWARE of these car warranty ads. I have found that ALL warranty ads that are sent to your home via the USPS ARE SCAMS. And it is very safe to assume the online versions are the same.

[biz888]

My credit card company (Chase) was very good. They put a halt on my card as soon as these scammers started to charge me $70.00. They obviously have lots of complaints against them. They had to issue me another card. Those assholes need to go to jail! And I hope they rot there forever

[OneQuestion]

ALERT EVERYONE YOU KNOW:
A new version of the same scam:
Google Jackpot
Your browser is redirected to their signup page from the easy google profit page.
Their terms and conditions are as follows:

Thank you for ordering your Internet Jackpot System. Please note: Upon ordering your Internet Jackpot System, you will be billed $3.88 as a processing fee and you will receive the downloadable product. You will also be automatically enrolled into our Internet Jackpot Membership Website. During this 7-day trial period, you will be given full access to this website and can cancel within this period to avoid ongoing membership access and charges. As a member of the Internet Jackpot Membership Website, you will be automatically billed $67 per month.

Cancellation: If you do not wish to enroll into the Internet Jackpot Membership Website at the price of $67, which will be automatically billed to your credit card, simply call our toll free number (1-800-984-5904) Monday-Friday, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm (excluding Holidays), Pacific Standard Time, within 7 days after ordering your Internet Jackpot System.

If you do not cancel the Internet Jackpot Membership Website within 7 days after ordering your Internet Jackpot System, you will automatically be billed $67 to your credit card. Once you have been enrolled into the Internet Jackpot Membership Website, if you wish to cancel for any reason, simply call our toll-free number during hours of operation listed above. After canceling the Internet Jackpot Membership Website, you will not be billed for any future months, but you will be billed for any months that have already transpired.

Authorization: I authorize Web Pros to charge my credit card a processing fee of $3.88 for my Internet Jackpot System. Should I not cancel within 7 days after ordering my Internet Jackpot System as described above, I also authorize Web Pros to charge my credit card $67 for the Internet Jackpot Membership Website. I authorize Web Pros to charge my credit card $67 every 30 days thereafter for the continuing of the Internet Jackpot Membership Website until I choose to cancel the membership. I understand that I will be billed for any time period before I cancel the Internet Jackpot Membership Website. I understand that I can call Web Pros on their toll-free number during their normal business hours if I have any questions.

Negative Option Clause: I understand that this consumer transaction involves a negative option, and that I may be liable for payment of future goods and services under the terms of this agreement if I fail to notify the supplier not to supply the goods or services described.

They put the $ amount in actual numbers instead of letters and they also posted the negative option but I guarantee this is a 100% SCAM!
I am also sure that NO ONE will get the "product" before the 7 days are up.
Scams associated with Google Jackpot:
Rebate Millionaire and Network Agenda.

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by OneQuestion

The thing that makes me sick is that this scam is being run by the same 4 people that started the money tree and treasure chest scams!
Need proof?
The owner of Easy Google Profits (aka Google Treasure Chest and Google Money Tree) has been identified as Infusion Media Inc, GoogleTreasureChest.com, InternetIncomeInitiative.com, and Jonathan D. Eborn, by the Texas Attorney General.

They got a little better at creating websites though. This one can fool you at first...
http://www.losangeles-tribune.com/finance/

This site now redirects to Twitter Cash Kit when you click on the Google Profit link, and Make Google Fast Cash when you click on the Google Money Masters link.
Both are owned and operated by Prosper out of Utah, and when you sign up you are automatically signing up for more than one membership.

[quote]You are also enrolling in our Health Tracker Program. The first 30 days from your signup date is free. If you like the Health Tracker Program, do nothing, and we will bill your credit card $6.82 per month for the subscription. If you are not satisfied, you may cancel this service at any time by cancelling at health-tracker.com with no further obligations.
Please return all product to:
51 West Center Street #622, Orem, UT, 84057[end quote]

And what pray tell does Health tracker have to do with the Twitter and Google scams that charge you $49.87- $71.95 or more a month?

Maybe they figure that you will be so shocked by the monthly fees that you were unaware of, and then so frustrated by the unsuccessful attempts at cancellations and refunds that your health will be affected adversely and you will need to start tracking it on a monthly basis for an additional charge of $6.82 a month.

This is just another way to get more money out of you without your knowledge. It is such a minor charge, you may never notice it for months.

This page http://www.losangeles-tribune.com/finance/ has three links. The two I mentioned above, Twitter Cash Kit, and Make Google Fast Cash, and then when you try to close the page it has a redirect to Google biz Kit.
All scam sites.

The biggest challenge that I see is keeping up with all of the name changes and product name creations that these scammers come out with. It would be laborious to create a new thread in scam.com for each and every new metamorphose that these sites go through when all they are doing is redirecting you to the new site with a new name.

[OneQuestion]

Originally Posted by gregw2

Maybe they figure that you will be so shocked by the monthly fees that you were unaware of, and then so frustrated by the unsuccessful attempts at cancellations and refunds that your health will be affected adversely and you will need to start tracking it on a monthly basis for an additional charge of $6.82 a month.

That is such a good theory!! That actually may be the only reason health tracker is involved. I don't know about everyone else but, I will always consider ANY "company" associated with these criminals as SCAMS. Matter of fact, I'll say it now.
Healthtracker.com IS A SCAM.
Any doubters??
Stop by and prove me wrong.
These low life criminals are so unimaginative, that they can't even come up with their own name. They have to steal one from someone else.

Oh, I almost forgot, Where is the easy google profit "rep"? It's about time for one to show up and spew lies and insults at us don't you think??

ukscambuster guess what?!! I won the United Kingdom International lottery today!! 800,000Gbp!! All I have to do is (removed) send them my full name, address, birthdate and phone number. The best part is, the email was sent to me from Arizona. LOL
The only thing worse than a thief, is a moronically desperate one!!

[gregw2]

Originally Posted by OneQuestion

ukscambuster guess what?!! I won the United Kingdom International lottery today!! 800,000Gbp!! All I have to do is ********** send them my full name, address, birthdate and phone number. The best part is, the email was sent to me from Arizona. LOL
The only thing worse than a thief, is a moronically desperate one!!

The people that fall for these scams are everyday people that are unaware of the types of scoundrels and thieves that continue to infect the internet.

Many of the victims of these email scams are elderly people on a fixed retirement income, or are playing the lotteries fairly often and so fall victim to these scams, believing that they actually won.

Often times, the information that is gathered from them is used to build a new identity and use their often good credit ranking to open new credit accounts and charge up ridiculous amounts of debt in their name, which ultimately they are liable for. And even if they are cleared of the illegal debt, their credit rating is demolished and ruined for years.

Or, they are coerced into sending a fee to a fictitious barrister so that their winnings can be released.

Or, they have to send their private bank account information in so that the transfer will go smoothly.

There are probably as many different angles to these emails as there are thieves involved.

I know what you meant and I am also guilty of the same kind of rhetoric at times. But we have to continue to hope that we can at least avert some of the innocent from joining the enormous ranks of the scammed.

[OneQuestion]

Originally Posted by gregw2

The people that fall for these scams are not mindless idiots. They are everyday people that are unaware of the types of scoundrels and thieves that continue to infect the internet.

That is true. But please understand, I was referring to myself in that post. I never consider any victim a mindless idiot. I made bad decision on the words I used.

Did you know that the Untited States Secret Service is VERY interested in those kind of scams? They are filing ALL of them for investigation and eventual prosecution. I forward all of those emails to them, and also sent an email telling them that I am more than willing to help reel these criminals in, any way I can.

The link below is the address to forward emails of that nature to the secret service.

Nigerian, Lottery scams, Money Transfer Frauds, Lawyers with deceased clients
419.fcd@usss.treas.gov
Or fax them at (202) 406-5031


The website below lists the different kind of scams and where and how to report them.
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.or...ing.php#Postal

The best part is, by reporting these scams to the parties on the above site, you are going well above Utah's head for one! Second, the secret service can find these criminals location a whole lot faster and more efficiently than the other organizations.

[ukscambuster]

There is also:

For scams based in the US (person reporting them/filing a complaint can be anywhere):

http://www.ftc.gov
http://www.ic3.gov

For scams based outside the US (person reporting them/filing a complaint can be anywhere):

http://www.econsumer.gov/

For scams based in the UK (person reporting them/filing a complaint can be anywhere):

http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/report/


Scam.com should really have a link to the FTC and ic3 on the top of each page as a lot of people don't know where to report a scam or they file a complaint with the BBB which don't have any ***** to take legal action. BBB will just write to the company and ask them to refund you but if the letter is ignored or undeliverable then the BBB just note this on their site but don't take any further action - so a true scammer will just ignore the letters or return to sender.

[OneQuestion]

Originally Posted by ukscambuster

Scam.com should really have a link to the FTC and ic3 on the top of each page as a lot of people don't know where to report a scam or they file a complaint with the BBB which don't have any ***** to take legal action. BBB will just write to the company and ask them to refund you but if the letter is ignored or undeliverable then the BBB just note this on their site but don't take any further action - so a true scammer will just ignore the letters or return to sender.

That's a good idea! According to some of the posts from the mods, the admin seems to be hard to contact. The admin may be the only one that could put that link on this site. BTW, thank you for the reporting link for UK based scams!

The punishment for these criminals should be decided by the victims, not a judge and jury.

Quote from a local judge.

[suntzu]

Perhaps this is just me, and I maybe completely one-sided in my logic but anything that says : "We are going to charge your credit card for not only the 1.97 but also another 39.99+17.99+9.95 a month if this is not canceled within 7 days" cannot really be purely classified as a scam.
I guess technically it can be called that, but I look at all the infomercials that do the exact same thing. Also, this is not something new. My mother, RIP, got hooked with one of these deals in 1982. Magazine add, says, buy this trial subscription for 2.95, and then, you can cancel it within 7 days of receipt. If not canceled within 7 days of receipt, then you will be charged 19.99 a month, for which then you can cancel thereafter but still owe for any issues already mailed out. It was written in the disclaimer of the magazine, in the back, where few would look. BUT, it was still there so is this a scam also?

I'm more of a black and white person. If i tell you I am going to take OTHER monies from you if you do not do xyz, then who's fault is it really?

I'll get off of my soap box now, but one thing is that I would like people to start clicking disclaimers and reading the TOA before CLICKING ANYTHING. That will help to eliminate people being scammed.